Today is Sunday the 26th of May 2019 , the 20th of Ramzan 1440 till the Sunset ( 7:14 pm , Karachi ) and this is my the Sunday Blog # 164 ( Hundred and sixty four ) .
So i have no idea where this week went ...and why ?
Honestly there was only one thing on my mind this week and that was to get to the isha and taravee prayer on time . And in the best of health .
So apart from a little right ear infection or food allergy ...i did managed to go to the mosque and back even though while standing and listening to the recital and especially coming back leaving the aroma and smell of Kata kat ...behind is so hard to resist especially when there was sponsor . I have no idea how i did it ...must have been the act of God ...Praiseth the Lord All Mighty Allah Amen !
Recipe:
Add katakat masala, salt and red chilies and mix well. When yogurt water is dried, add oil and increase flame as well. Add green coriander, green chilies, thin sliced ginger and dried fenugreek and mix well together. Steam cook (dam) for 2 minutes and then remove from the stove.
Must have inspired too much ...
SO if we had saved the food we eat all week ...Viola ! we would have had the Famous Restaurant style Kata Kat ...karachi especial tonight ...lol
Anyways , i was so totally sweating during and after the taravee prayer that ...waiting in line for another ten minutes or so was unthinkable ...and what if he would have made me wait half an hour or and hour ...Shivers me timbers !!
But that does not mean that i have given up the thought of trying my luck one of these nights ...its just that i was hoping the weather might improve a little bit ...after the last batch of people give their Zakat who are saving it for the last . Even though i have been desperately searching for the link between Ramzan and Zakat or other charities . But still there are those who believe that rain is a reward and blessing for their good deeds . The Builder Mafia of Karachi the most dangerous city in the world have definitely convinced me that it is not ...especially because every time it rains in the holy month of ramzan ...getting to the mosque becomes absolutely impossible . Plus the rain soaked me is sure to get the flu that i have been so desperately trying to avoid .
And beside the flu and runny nose and coughing throat ..the thing that most matters now is the traffic . over the past few years the traffic in my neighbourhood has increased to an unbelieveble number . The Main roads and streets that i used to cross carefree or listening to FM radio with earphones is now sometimes takes many minutes . And in ramzan i have only few minutes left to get to the mosque ...so this year i decided to visit a mosque in the neighbourhood not more than a week . Started from the furthermost with more main streets in between . Because the first week of Ramzan most shops and markets here are closed during the prayer times in the night . Most Shop keepers and their workers attend the seven days or ten days taravee where the Quran is finished early unlike the normal 27 nights or 29 nights .
The most interesting thing about my neighbourhood is that it used to be the most posh area of the city in the past . The re-development and the pre- development has made a lot of changes here ...like wise the mosques and places of worship has also changed a lot over the years . And so does the people who worship there . Since i have been to three different mosques in the past three weeks of the holy month of Ramzan . i observed and felt a lot of differences in the way we pray at each mosque . the coming and going . the standing and the dua .
It is true that non of the mosque today is exactly the same as it was some twenty or thirty years ago . Most of them were very small back then and now when you look at them if you have seen them before and remember well ...you say WOW ! where did this thing come from ...unfortunately few have been reconstructed on the same plot so there was no room for expansion and that is why they have multiple floors and if you get there late like yours truly you have to climb stairs in a hurry and find a vacant place floor after floor ...and quick ! Its so much fun ....because just as you find a place to stand and say Allah Ho Akbar ..to join the ongoing prayer ....you feel as if you are there ...!!
Even though there cannot be a classification of the people who pray at a particular mosque on the basis of wealth and wellbeing ...rich or poor ...But while standing for long in the taravee prayer togather with the same kind of people you do feel something different these days . The mosque of the God Preferred and the lesser God are self trained by the traffic of Karachi the most dangerous city in the world .
So if you are standing in a God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! preferred Mosque where most , not all , ofcourse don't be ridiculous ...most namazies are chauffeur driven car owners ....Honest to God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! ...you wont feel anybody next to you for whole twenty plus prayers all night even though they would be there standing just next to you ...and the ambiance , chandeliers and the carpets and especially the large hall where you can see the large crowd from one end to the other . rarely do people try to jump shoulders to get in and out of the row . if there is a place vacant in a row people standing in that row look back all in unison at someone behind and he feels honoured gently moves in that vacant spot . And feels as he is there !!
Now the next one is where most of the people have self driven car ...they are ok people but ocassionally you might feel them as if some drivers do while parking and leaving ...they do have carpet rugs and even Airconditioning ...but they are not as relaxed as the previous God Preferred folks . most of them have applied for loans or foreign country visas so their mobiles keep beeping or vibrating and they do keep checking it from time to time ..don't feel that they are showing off or something ..no no no ...The you are there ....feeling is very difficult there ...may be when you are back on the street out from there .....Yes !
LOL
Okay the Lesser God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! .... First of all it is so hard to believe that all this mosque is totally constructed by the poor people of the lesser God All Mighty Allah Amen ! with the regular donations that have been regularly collected from them ...Bless you !
the Only problem while you are there is that most of the people in the mosque are motorcycle riders or those who are crippled by it . So if you want to understand how they pray or stand while praying ...you need to see a few motorcycle riders on the streets of Karachi the most dangerous city in the world . Sometimes when i am returning from the mosque at night ....i meet the poor street massager fellow ...and he walks past in such dismay as if there is no hope or scope for him in this town ....
And that is When i feel ...you are there ,,,,!!
2:16 am Break ( 1283 words)
3:19 am Oh no almost an hour wasted on icecream and tea ...icecream to cool down a little bit and tea to clear the throat and system ...What a mess i am in these day ...the moment i left the house tonight for Isha and taravee prayer i started sweating and even i got a place right under the fan and stayed there ...it never stopped . So next year since the ramzan will be in May all of it ..my focus will be to stop sweating like this ...even if i have to give up eating all greasy and meaty stuff three months before may like most people do in lent or some don't eat fish in months without R ...don't know the logic but that is what they believe so i don't argue ...I eat fish whenever it is available and smells and tastes good . or even if it just looks good .
Anyways , the time is up ...no no ...not the ramzan ...well ..Ramzan ends sort of for some in jamshed town of Karachi the most dangerous city in the world on the seventeenth of Ramzan ....and on the 21st people can be seeing greeting each other on the streets and market places and traffic jams like they do on the eid day . So anyways ....lol
okay its 3:30 am ...LOL
Thank God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! that 21st Day of Ramzan did not fall on the Sunday ...we would have missed all the Fun . Ever since the majority and minority community here in Jamshed Town of Karachi the most dangerous city in the world , stopped going the muharram and youm e Ali rallies ...the US Sponsors decided to increase the number of Law enforcement people and block all entries and exits ...its safer that way ....and the point is well taken ...those in favour say Aye .... those against say Aye hai ...and the day went by peacefully !
I will try to convince my siblings to have the fateha today a day before ...because have same things prepared and then same thing coming from the neighbours is a waste of time and money ...it hurts to good the good things leftovers to the poor ...doesn't it ?
okay time is definitely up ...so here i take a break for the sehri and prayer with a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi
May the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah have mercy on my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi and may they be blessed by the dear merciful Lord All Mighty Allah and Their Souls may rest in peace in heaven. Amen!
Puisse le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah avoir pitié de mes chers parents papa et Ammi et qu'ils soient bénis par le cher Seigneur miséricordieux Tout-Puissant Allah et leurs âmes puissent reposer en paix au paradis. Amen!
3:42 am Break (1757 words)
5:16 am I think i should do the morning mood tweet right now when my morning mood is awesome after an amazing sehri ...of course i put my morning sleep on hold just to add some food images of the sehri ...it is my duty ...don't you think ...
وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
Wa bisawmi ghadinn nawaiytu min shahri ramadan
(I intend to keep the fast tomorrow in the month of Ramadan)
5:44 am
Sunday, 26 May 2019 (GMT+5)
Sunrise in Karachi
So i believe i have done everything now and its time for my very essential
sleep
Even though i am not expecting any chaapa today ...but its Sunday and Ramzan
landline and door bell can ring anytime ...so lets not waste time worrying about and try to get some sleep as long as we can ...ever since i can remember way back in time my ears were programmed to respond or react to the ringing phone and door bell ...but now thanks to the neighbourhood kids asking for the ball and the female anti- beggary squad ...asking for my brother ...at least the door bell response has been re programmed to no response...but the landline phone ringing and continues ringing usually wakes me up if i am sleeping or make me get up if i am too lazy to get up and leave the bed ...and sometimes when i am working on the computer or in the kitchen ...i go running to check the caller ID and then move away as quickly as i can after recognizing the number . It is an Awesome memory excercise makes me feel alive and well . There is absolutely no point in picking up the ringing phone because its not for me. And sometimes when it is for me ...the caller does not know it ...classified info !!
So anyways ...today is my twentieth Roza ( fast) of this Month of Ramzan ....nine or ten more to go ....Mangoes came last week but we know that Arif Alvi's niyat is not theek so the quality is very poor and tasteless not sweet .
Anyways , before i end this and take a break ...The Good News is that Naagin 3 had the first part of the Finale yesterday ...no i am not watching the series ever since it was taken off my cable ...last ramzan ...to boost Reham khan's book of illusions . This ramzan mulla is believed to have produced a video involving the NAB chairman . I tried to watch the video few times during the fast ...i really don't think the voice has any depth in it ...but maybe its the rainy weather in the other parts of the country ...Боже!
Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” lyrics
A broken heart is all that’s left
I’m still fixing all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home
I’m afraid of all I am
My mind feels like a foreign land
Silence ringing inside my head
Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home
I spent all of the love I’ve saved
We were always a losing game
Small town boy in a big arcade
I got addicted to a losing game
Oh, oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
How many pennies in the slot?
Giving us up didn’t take a lot
I saw the end ‘fore it begun
Still I carried, I carried, I carry on
Oh, oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Oh, oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
I don’t need your games, game over
Get me off this rollercoaster
Oh, oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
Oh, oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game
6:28 am Break ( 2397 words)
1:26 pm Okay so i missed the wake up calls ...the door bell and the phone ringing ...amazing ...my ear trouble is in the last phase it was totally blocked when i get out of the bed about an hour ago ...but now after sitting in the chair in front of the table fan ...i am beginning to hear sounds ..just now i felt a burp in the ear ...after which it seems to to be very normal ...so anyways here is the morning tweet ...
Sun 20th Ramzan 1440H
33°C
1:14 pm Good Morning /afternoon....
had a very sound sleep no distractions .... Thankyou ! the nose is clear
...throat is a little itchy and the ear is totally blocked ...no
feeling no pain . Praiseth the Lord All Mighty Allah Amen !
just checking if something like that is possible in the ear ...and how much damage i must have done to my ear by ignoring the trouble ....
So anyways ...personally i feel that my morning mood tweet is nothing significant as compared the very early morning tweet by our very dear prime minister check it out yourself ...
Karachi the most dangerous city in the world is just like that ...despite all the govts efforts to break its spirits they never seems to amaze me by donating an amount beyond his wildest imagination ...he always return with a smile on his face and will in his heart . Same goes for anybody who show a little determination and a will to succeed .
I am not sure ...where the traffic jam will take more time to reach ...and yes i have heard that way to gulshan has been dug for flyovers and underpass and then a new colour line bus transit digging will start soon ...regardless of the political setup or the party in power . Karachi the most dangerous city in the world never owns the power hungry ...so many came and gone very few are remembered by the few ...the masses here only remember the present ....if you ask anybody on the street who the good the bad and the evil is these day ...they will say murad shah , wasim akhtar and imran khan ....no body knows or remembers arif alvi and abdul kalam or whatever was the name of the former president with a cool voice .
Okay so its time for the long break ....Asr , iftar , isha and taravee ...so here i take a break for prayer with a prayer for my dearly departed parents Papa and Ammi
1142 pm yes i am back ...
Feels so good to have completed the third part of the tour ...now for the last week i have to choose from the two mosques in the near neighbourhood ...less traffic troubles ...and easy to reach and return. familiar faces ...and most of all there is no difference of the God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! ...infact both these mosques have very little divine interventions ...they are hereditery mosques both affiliated with major money making hospitals of the city . The people does not matter at all ...and most of them keep changing as per requirement . that is why we cannot classify them into the three previous categories . But if you insist then i have no choice but group them as short cut people and patient ones . that is all i can say at the moment ...as the time is up for the mid night end of this my the Sunday Blog # 164 ( Hundred and sixty four ) ...
so i end it with the request of the song ...from the gharib poor people of the lesser God the All Mighty Allah Amen ! ....
gharibon ki pasand bhi gharib he hona hai na....woh woh dag e sajda wala song ...they requested jumping up and down ....okay then here it is ...chal ab kat le ...